“African American Muslims – An Integral Part of U.S. History”
Read a Feb. 12, 2013, StarTribune article about the growing African-American Muslim community and a bit about its history.
Faith: Islam
“African-American Islam Reformed: ‘Black Muslims’ and the Universal Ummah”
Read an outline of African-American Muslim history from On Common Ground: World Religions in America (Columbia University Press, 2002). It’s reprinted on the Pluralism Project’s website.
“The Anointed Son”
Read an excerpt of Taylor Branch’s book Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 (Simon and Schuster, 1998) about the break between W. Deen Mohammed and his father, Elijah Muhammad, one of the founders of the Nation of Islam. It’s posted on Beliefnet.com.
“The Most Important Muslim You’ve Never Heard of”
Read a Beliefnet.com article about W. Deen Mohammed’s decision to step down as head of the American Society of Muslims.
Finding experts
How do I find an expert on a particular religion or theological issue? By Adelle Banks Religion News Service Face it now: You will never know everything about religion. The key as a reporter is to learn whom you should know who could ably explain various aspects of the faith groups you cover. At a […]
Amaney A. Jamal
Amaney A. Jamal is an associate professor of politics at Princeton University and the director of the Workshop on Arab Political Development.
“Bin Laden, who denied burial to many, buried with respect to Islam”
President Obama stressed that bin Laden was “not a Muslim leader,” as USA Today‘s Faith & Reason blog notes in an article about bin Laden’s death and burial.
“Full Remarks: President Obama on the Death of Osama Bin Ladin”
Read the text of Obama’s initial remarks after the raid on Osama bin Ladin Pakistani compound, posted at Time.com.
“Osama bin Laden, the face of terror, killed in Pakistan”
Read CNN’s article and obituary on Osama bin Laden.